Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises at least one scan chain having a plurality of scan cells. The scan test circuitry further comprises scan delay defect bypass circuitry comprising a plurality of multiplexers arranged within said at least one scan chain. At least a given one of the multiplexers is configured to allow a corresponding one of the scan cells to be selectively bypassed in a scan shift configuration of the scan cells responsive to a delay defect associated with that scan cell. A delay defect bypass controller may be used to generate a bypass control signal for controlling the multiplexer between at least a first state in which the corresponding scan cell is not bypassed and a second state in which the corresponding scan cell is bypassed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises divider circuitry configured to perform a division operation. The divider circuitry may be part of an arithmetic logic unit or other computational unit of a microprocessor, digital signal processor, or other type of processor. The divider circuitry iteratively determines bits of a quotient over multiple stages of computation. In determining the quotient in one embodiment, the divider circuitry is configured to estimate a partial remainder for a given one of the stages and to predict one or more of the quotient bits for one or more subsequent stages based on the estimated partial remainder so as to allow one or more computations to be skipped for said one or more subsequent stages, thereby reducing power consumption. The integrated circuit may be incorporated in a computer, a mobile telephone, a storage device or other type of processing device.

Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises transition control circuitry configured to detect transitions between binary logic levels in a scan test signal, and responsive to a number of detected transitions reaching a threshold, to limit further transitions associated with a remaining portion of the scan test signal. In an illustrative embodiment, the transition control circuitry limits further transitions associated with the remaining portion of the scan test signal by replacing at least part of the remaining portion of the scan test signal with a limited transition signal. The limited transition signal may be maintained at a constant binary logic level such that it has no transitions. By limiting the number of transitions associated with the scan test signal, the transition control circuitry serves to reduce integrated circuit power consumption during scan testing.

Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional internal circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises a plurality of scan chains, with each such scan chain comprising a plurality of flip-flops configurable to operate as a serial shift register. The plurality of scan chains are arranged in sets of two or more parallel scan chains. The scan test circuitry further comprises multiplexing circuitry, including a plurality of multiplexers each associated with a corresponding one of the sets of parallel scan chains and configured to multiplex scan test outputs from the parallel scan chains within the corresponding one of the sets of parallel scan chains. In one embodiment, one or more of the sets of parallel scan chains comprise respective pairs of parallel scan chains with each such pair corresponding to a single original scan chain.

Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises at least one scan chain having a plurality of scan cells, with the scan chain being configured to operate as a serial shift register in a scan shift mode of operation and to capture functional data from at least a portion of the additional circuitry in a functional mode of operation. At least a given one of the scan cells of the scan chain comprises output control circuitry which is configured to disable a functional data output of the scan cell in the scan shift mode of operation and to disable a scan output of the scan cell in the functional mode of operation.